Heyooo! Sorry for being three days late, my whole system crashed and I was sick, and I had no time to edit, and it was just a DISASTER! I try my best to stick to deadlines but just know its kinda tough when life gets a little too busy. But here we are! Chaptuh 10, we made it. Annnd may i just say...saw httyd 3...still not over that depression...i am...aghhh a mush of feels after that beautiful film! So sad that this franchise has come to an end, but it will forever be in our hearts, and it was such a beautiful ending i cried like crazy! Ok aanyways...onto shoutouts!

SuperNova: Hey dude! Aghh thank you, I really am trying to stay comitted to this story, definitely do not want to disappoint you guys! Thank thank you, and wow thank you for the lovely compliments. Oh my gosh...that really means a lot I hope you're okay im so glad this story is helping you, bless you 333

xEmeraldWater: Hehehe me too exciting things happening! IKKK the movie was absolutely stunning and breathing taking I was on my edge of the seat the whole time! Such an amazing experience :) Thats so cool that your studying animation, remember me when you become an animator lol ;D I need to see it in 3D it was just too gorgeous.

DragonRider's Fury: Haha it definitely would lol ;D Sooo i kinda had the same vibe at first but then at the same time Astrid is very protective and hates traitors, so I think it was relatively in line hopefully :)

Helen (guest): I know crazy right? Like talking to celebreties XD yeah this chapter was kinda differnet lol...but I think youll like it ;) Ohhh have you seen it yet? sorry its been stressful, totally get that. Hope you're doin good these day :)

Sgt Sniper Man101: Bahaha yeah you like to take the lead. happy almost birthday! :D

(akalya and javon arent in this chapter as the next one is about them and I wont spoil what's going to happen, but they find some information with fishlegs...;)

This chapter is dedicated to Sgt Sniper Man101 who is Blair in the story, because its his birthday tomorrow! :D hope you enjoy it :)

Enjoy guys, next chapter will be out April 19th :)

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"AHHH!" Meylin screeched unexpectedly, rolling off to the side quickly to avoid getting hit by a plasma blast. She landed on her side, curling up in a little ball in shock not wanting to stand up. She felt a tense hand rest on her shoulder, "Sorry about that. You okay?" Astrid offered to help her stand, and Meylin shakily stood leaning on Astrid for support.

She clutched her temple recollecting her life flashing before her very eyes. "I'm sorry but how is this supposed to help us get home?" Alex asked a little threateningly, after Meylin's near death experience. He crossed his arms and walked over to Meylin, leaving the others behind him.

The riders had taken the new strangers down to their training arena to help familiarize themselves with dragons. They reluctantly agreed to go with them (Akalya and Javon stayed in clubhouse with Fishlegs) and we're practically forced into dodging their blasting dragons. It was very chaotic and stressful, trying to stay alive and not get hurt. Blair was fairly good at ducking and blocking the fire with shields nearby. Helen was a mess, just frantically screaming and clinging to Alex in fear the whole time, so that was kind of what Alex was occupied with (trying to not get hurt plus having a clingy squealing girl to protect as well) and Meylin...was just kind of in a culture shock.

Hiccup tried to keep dragons under control (and the twins) and just advised them on what to do. Snotlout was just trying to show off the whole time, (mostly to Meylin and Helen) and the twins found the whole situation quite amusing as they just relaxed against their two headed dragon and watched contently. Astrid was pretty strict, but made sure nobody would hurt. She was definitely against having to deal with injured people.

"Well since you're going to be here for quite some time, we figured we'd get you familiarized with dragons. And that means learning how to avoid enemy fire, as I doubt that was the last time you'd see the hunters." Hiccup stated, owing over them, as Astrid swung her axe over her shoulder. Tuff perked up from his position on Belch.

"Oh really? I thought we were doing this to torture them," He said bluntly, as Ruff scoffed in agreement. Snotlout cackled with a cross of his arms, patting Hookfang. "Can you believe these pathetic newbies? I was way better when I started," He boasted as his dragon huffed and whacked him with his tail, earning an annoyed grunt from the stocky Viking.

"All I'm saying is, we are not cut out for this whole...action, fighting...dragon riding...thing..." Alex retorted, as Meylin walked over to Blair and Helen who were standing close behind Alex, huffing in exhaustion, still clutching her temple in disbelief.

"I mean look at us!" Alex gestured to his disheveled friends, and Helen gave a weak smile. Hiccup crossed his arms and cocked his brow in confusion. "We are not fighters. We have one injured, one sick, where we come from...we don't have to fight like you do!" He half heartedly chuckled, as Blair scoffed. "Well maybe you don't." He muttered under his breath. Meylin and Helen eyed him in confusion.

"Well, if we're going to get you home safely you'll need to learn how to survive. And that means you gotta learn how to fight, avoid enemy target, and carry at least a shield." Astrid demanded, stepping in front of Hiccup a little less threateningly than before being a little more docile towards them now.

Alex opened his mouth to say something but then Blair beat him to it, "What if I can already do all those things?" He stated, stepping forward. Helen and Meylin exchanged perplexed glances, and Alex eyed him weirdly. "Then let's see if you have what it takes." Astrid tossed him her axe, and he caught it in midair with one arm and flipped it around once in his palm. It was heavy but nothing he wasn't used to.

Astrid called for Stormfly, and Hiccup looked a little nervous but complied with her methods, rushing over to tell her not to go easy on him. Blair just kept admiring the axe, and immediatly his three friends rushed over to him. "Blair, what are you thinking?! We're trying to not get killed!" Alex whisper shouted. "Yeah, and this is definitely not keeping a low profile!" Helen added but Meylin amusingly chuckled at that, "Yeah, that ship already sailed Helen."

Blair hushed them all, "Guys, relax! I won't get killed, stand aside." He shooed them out of harms way, not wanting them to interfere, and they quickly scurried off to the side where the twins lay basking in the sun. Snotlout was still on the other side of the arena with Hiccup, "Hope he knows what he's doing, heh." Snotlout chuckled nervously when Stormfly's spikes shot up on her tail, Astrid telling her to go easy.

"You think he knows what he's doing?" Meylin asked over Alex's shoulder as Blair made his way to the center of the arena. Alex glanced back towards her, "I honestly have no idea." He replied. "Well let's just hope his little brother won't become an only child after today." Helen sighed sarcastically, supporting her head aginst her hand.

"Oh he better know what he's doin, Astrid is the toughest one we've got." Ruffnut lifted her helmet just above her eyes, "Yeah, hope you've got a replacement." Tuff finished off, resting his head back against his arms, waiting for the scene to unfold. The three looked to each other worriedly once more before turning their attention back to Blair.

Blair tightened his grip around the axe with a deep breath. Astrid rushed over to the side, where Hiccup stood with Toothless (who was very confused as to what was going on) and whistled a high pitched tune. Stormfly perked up with a squawk and almost instantly shot her spines in range of Blair.

Instinct immediately took over, and he quickly blocked almost every spine with the axe and rolled out of the way as the fiery Nadder started to approach him. He rushed over to the side in search of a shield, and quickly grabbed a medium sized one and threw it in front of himself to block the magnesium blast, while doing some crazy spin turn that somehow helped him end up in Stormfly's blind spot.

Alex, Meylin and Helen watched with wide eyes, and agape mouths. Who knew that Blair was a skilled combat fighter. He started to bang the axe on the shield, causing Stormfly to screech in confusion. Something that kind of just came to mind, as he would've never thought to do that. Hiccup, Astrid and Snotlout looked shocked, and the twins were having way too much fun with this.

Blair whistled slightly, getting Stormfly's attention, and she whizzed her head around with a cluck. Blair dropped the axe and shield to the ground with a low crouch, and slowly started to approach her. He outstretched his hand to her calmly, and she trust fully nudged him and he smiled as he pet her rough scales. He kind of let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in, and looked taken aback not quite sure how had managed to do that.

By now, everyone's jaws had dropped to the floor. Helen made inaudible noises of shock and Alex looked as if he had been slapped, and Meylin's eyes were so wide she thought they might've popped out. Astrid rushed out with Hiccup, Snotlout slowly trailing behind and walked up as she crossed her arms with a chuckle. "I definitely underestimated you. Those were some moves." She praised as Blair smiled and tossed her axe back to her which she caught effortlessly.

"Where did you learn how to tame a dragon like that? Only we've trained them that way," Hiccup said stroking his chin in astonishment. Blair was immediately tongue tied as he had no idea how to respond to this, "I-Uhhh...guess I've just picked it up along the way." He scratched the back of his neck nervously. The twins had somehow manged to scramble over to Blair and they instantly swarmed Blair, "Hey whatta ya say you join us later, and we'll prank ol' snotty with some of those moves of yours..." Tuff whispered mischievously, as Ruff rubbed her hands together in the same fashion as Tuff. Blair nervously chuckled and backed out of the twins crowded presence.

"I...still...was better," Snotlout huffed under his breath as Astrid rolled her eyes. Blair quickly walked over to his speechless friends, and gave them an I told you so look. "H-how...where did you learn how to do that?!" Alex asked in astonishment as the girls nodded their head in agreement.

"I trained in the military back home for awhile. I quit cause I just...didn't have the motivation to keep going...and my family wasn't too fond of sending me away." He stated melancholy receiving amazed looks from them. "Wow...but how'd you know how to calm the dragon?" Helen asked curiously, and Blair shrugged. "I honestly have no idea...it sort of just - came to me I guess. Like I've seen someone do it somewhere before? I don't know,"

"Well one things for sure, you definitely showed all of us up today." Alex said exasperated, patting his shoulder in recognition as he received a laugh from him. "Yeah that's for sure." Meylin agreed.

"Let's just hope that home is the next step in this adventure, or else Blair is the only one that's gonna survive." Helen said amusingly, as she received soft laughs from the three teens. Sure, being in some foreign place with complete 'strangers' was rough, but at least they had each other.